Rachael Risby-Raz

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Feb 17, 2022, 10:27 PM

The Malka Leifer Court Gang

Live feed from Melbourne to Jerusalem
(Photo: Courtesy of author)

I know how hard Shana and her organization Magen work on behalf of victims of sexual abuse because I know much it took to help put just one perpetrator away

Feb 3, 2021, 6:20 PM

Vaccinating Aaron

The day an ultra-Orthodox survivor of the horrors of Bergen Belsen blessed a Jewish convert from Australia, in the middle of the street in the holy city of Jerusalem

May 14, 2017, 6:27 PM

The Great Lag B’Omer Debacle of 2017

How the mighty Ministry of Education discovered the possibility of compromise, and the chaos it wrought

Jun 10, 2016, 10:31 AM

A time to mourn

Have we Israelis become so good at moving past the pain of terror attacks that we missed the loss of 4 entire worlds?

Aug 3, 2015, 10:43 AM

Tipping the balance

What can help balance out the heavy weight of murdered innocents? Random acts of kindness for strangers

Jun 20, 2014, 2:14 PM

The land of the suckers

Anguish and frustration over a country that releases killers and provides medical care to its enemies

Jan 28, 2014, 2:49 PM

On shiksas, love and the prime minister’s son

The Netanyahu family visiting the northern town of Acre. Yair is on the far right (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Speaking from personal experience, there's no time like the present for Netanyahu to start improving the conversion process

Sep 11, 2013, 12:20 PM

9/11 in the mayor’s office

New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, gestures as he rides Jerusalem's bus No.18 with Jerusalem's mayor Ehud Olmert, on a visit in 1996 (AP/Brian Hendler)

Recalling that awful day when New York and Jerusalem forged a bond of tragedy and resilience

Jan 29, 2013, 9:06 PM

Master Chef and the reality of Israel

I am not ashamed to admit that I cried in the last episode of Master Chef. In fact, I choke up in almost every other episode, and it is not because of a burnt focaccia or that my favorite contestant didn't...

Jan 6, 2013, 5:37 PM

Autism’s everyday heroes

Everyday I meet heroes. They don't really look like heroes; sometimes they look really tired, with black rings under their eyes and messy hair hastily gathered into a ponytail. Some are Jewish, others Arab; some religious and others new...

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About Me

Rachael Risby-Raz is the International Relations Manager of the Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem and a former Diaspora Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel.

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